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. >>> the obama administration is expected to back away from a plan that will allow oil and gas drilling off the coast, some saying the decision could be announced today. it is being driven by backlash from all of the coastal communities who fear an oil spill like the deep water horizon disaster. >>> researchers say rising sea levels could disrupt the lives of 13 million people in the u.s., more than the current estimates. nearly half of all affected will be in florida, the rising seas already endangering coastal communities there. they could rise three or more feet over the next century with greenhouse gas emissions aren't cut. >> another campaign issue. >>> with spring's rival three days away, some places are already feeling like summer. >>> temperatures well above average especially for the southern tier of the country, houston close to 90. we do have big changes depending where you are. the northeast starts to warm up a little bit again after that cooldown and all the rain and wind yesterday, some slight improvements. where we will really see the changes is through the midwest. watch
. >>> the obama administration is expected to back away from a plan that will allow oil and gas drilling off the coast, some saying the decision could be announced today. it is being driven by backlash from all of the coastal communities who fear an oil spill like the deep water horizon disaster. >>> researchers say rising sea levels could disrupt the lives of 13 million people in the u.s., more than the current estimates. nearly half of all affected will be in florida, the...
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now as part of the last economic measure taken by the obama administration this week, there are -- there could be more opportunities because some of the most important elements that constrain the possibility to trade in cuba has been leaved 67 like telecommunications. >> yes. yesterday -- today before was announced that verizon sign an agreement with the cuban national telecommunication company before verizon also sprint sign an agreement in order to start joint ventures and it's expected as part of the president obama [ inaudible ] the president of at&t on the ceo will be coming and very important, very important u.s. coverage. >> reporter: thank you, we also understand heads of many important hotel chains are comincometoo. we may be able to talk about that later on. thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: there are a lot of important developments we are expecting any moment now the president will be landing as i say in just about two more hours. and we will be covering every move. back to you now. >>> thank you very much indeed. now, the latest round of sabre rattling between the two kor
now as part of the last economic measure taken by the obama administration this week, there are -- there could be more opportunities because some of the most important elements that constrain the possibility to trade in cuba has been leaved 67 like telecommunications. >> yes. yesterday -- today before was announced that verizon sign an agreement with the cuban national telecommunication company before verizon also sprint sign an agreement in order to start joint ventures and it's expected...
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republicans charged that the obama administration was using choke point to attack gun dealers' access to the banking system >> i think operation check point is an abuse of power >> note notice in november ted cruz raised operation choke point again at a hearing. he was talking about the obama administration's effort to legally curtail citizen's second amendment rights on gun dealers >> it was to cut off the lines of credit, cut off the banking resources, financial resources to lawful small businesses, engaged in the exercise of constitutional rights and selling lawful firearms >> senator, that is not what operation choke point was intended to do. it was developed by career lawyers to focus solely and squarely on fraud in the payment system >> did you apologised to any american citizen, small business owner for violating their constitutional right to keep and bear arms? >> senator, what we did-- >> most politicians don't want to defend the pay day loan industry. it is an industry that has a bad representation among consumers in general, but what has happened is we have a situation wher
republicans charged that the obama administration was using choke point to attack gun dealers' access to the banking system >> i think operation check point is an abuse of power >> note notice in november ted cruz raised operation choke point again at a hearing. he was talking about the obama administration's effort to legally curtail citizen's second amendment rights on gun dealers >> it was to cut off the lines of credit, cut off the banking resources, financial resources to...
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you know, the obama administration has been trying to do this in a responsible way. they are very concerned about reentry and reoffending, so that period of time, that lag time, is time that the offender will spend in a halfway house getting help to transition back into the community. none of these people are just going to be dumped on street corners. all of these people, also, will have a lengthy period of supervision under a probation officer after they are released. sometimes for up to five, even seven or eight years. >> molly gill, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> stephanie, newark, in general, new jersey with 150 nw body cameras following a justice department investigation that found officers used excessive force especially against minority residents. a reversal from donald trump. >> the candidate does a 180 saying women who have abortions should be punished. the latest political fallout to a contentious fallout season. >> the plan to development part of the grand canyon. some say it would permanently damage a national treasurer.
you know, the obama administration has been trying to do this in a responsible way. they are very concerned about reentry and reoffending, so that period of time, that lag time, is time that the offender will spend in a halfway house getting help to transition back into the community. none of these people are just going to be dumped on street corners. all of these people, also, will have a lengthy period of supervision under a probation officer after they are released. sometimes for up to five,...
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at the whitehouse thursday, president obama fired back at republicans who argue his administration fuelled trump's rise. >> i have been blamed by republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they are selecting for their party is novel. >> the president insisted that had trump is the product of the republican base and conservative media outlets who have insisted that any compromise with the democratic administration is a betrayal. >> what i am not going to do is to validate some notion that the republican crack-up that's been taking place is -- is a consequence of actions that i have taken. >> reporter: david shuster, al jazeera. >>> as for the democrats, hillary clinton taking a break from campaigning today. she will go to nancy reagan's fu funeral. she was in florida on thursday saying it doesn't matter which republican she faces in november. bernie sanders holding rallies in tampa and gainesville hoping for an upset in that state, telling the crowds there that he is getting the same feeling he had in michigan where he defeated clinton. first really hadded
at the whitehouse thursday, president obama fired back at republicans who argue his administration fuelled trump's rise. >> i have been blamed by republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they are selecting for their party is novel. >> the president insisted that had trump is the product of the republican base and conservative media outlets who have insisted that any compromise with the democratic administration is a betrayal. >> what i am...
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back in 2009, president obama expressed the hope to secure all loose nuclear materials during his first term in office. as he convenes this final nuclear summit of his administration seven years later, it's clear he has fallen far short of that goal. is john. >> jamie, thank you. iran's leader says mixes are key to the country's future. supreme ayatollah khamenei has called for iran to avoid further negotiations with the u.s. his latest comments offers support to iran's hard liners who have been widely compromised for obligatio ballistic tests. >> white officers involved in the shooting death of a black man last year. tonight rallies are being held in protest, in memory of jamal. bisi onile-ere is be there, bisi. >> john, there are several rallies planned here throughout the city of minneapolis being driven for civil rights groups who are pushing for criminal charges to be filed in this case. one organizer i talked to said they are planning for peaceful protests but police are ready for anything. >> the criminal charges are not warranted against either officers mark ringenberg or justin
back in 2009, president obama expressed the hope to secure all loose nuclear materials during his first term in office. as he convenes this final nuclear summit of his administration seven years later, it's clear he has fallen far short of that goal. is john. >> jamie, thank you. iran's leader says mixes are key to the country's future. supreme ayatollah khamenei has called for iran to avoid further negotiations with the u.s. his latest comments offers support to iran's hard liners who...
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that president obama has ever taken and the reason for that is they have no idea how the rest of the visit is going to play out. they're having a formal meeting with president raul castro. they usually do a press conference after that. i can't remember a foreign trip where the president didn't have a press conference after that. they've been pushing the cubans to do that. they still don't know if it's going to happen. the president is going to begin his day laying a wreath at memorial to jose harti, reminding people that the u.s. did help cubans get independence from spain, but of course, they also know the history that then led to the u.s. basically backing two brutal dictators, then for the last half of the century trying to overthrow the castro regime. president obama's message is going to be that they no longer want to overthrow the castro government but is going to be doing things they ready acknowledge think will lead to the fall of communism, meeting with entrepreneurs and dissidents on tuesday before he leaves. he's going to be taking in that baseball game. >> 367 kilometers
that president obama has ever taken and the reason for that is they have no idea how the rest of the visit is going to play out. they're having a formal meeting with president raul castro. they usually do a press conference after that. i can't remember a foreign trip where the president didn't have a press conference after that. they've been pushing the cubans to do that. they still don't know if it's going to happen. the president is going to begin his day laying a wreath at memorial to jose...
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- administration trade policy. hillary clinton has embraced the obama and a candidate of the status quo which is hurting her all over >>> you have been involved in campaigns and looking at campaigns since the 1970s. tonight i saw something interesting. donald trump comes out to speak shortly after 9 o'clock. is talking for a little while and hillary clinton comes out while he is speaking, not one network showed a second of hillary clinton speaking. is that a mistake on the clinton folk's side to wait until he finishes to get time in the spotlight >> it probably was. he is inirresistable. if he is on the air he will get coverage, even if he is talk about what he had for dinner >>> always good to talk to you. stick around. we will stick some more as the night goes on. >> thank you >>> donald trump knitted he has yet to-- admitted he is yet to put a foreign policy team together. there has been issues about that. donald trump has dismissed criticisms saying diplomats are upset over his tough stance on trade. north kore
- administration trade policy. hillary clinton has embraced the obama and a candidate of the status quo which is hurting her all over >>> you have been involved in campaigns and looking at campaigns since the 1970s. tonight i saw something interesting. donald trump comes out to speak shortly after 9 o'clock. is talking for a little while and hillary clinton comes out while he is speaking, not one network showed a second of hillary clinton speaking. is that a mistake on the clinton...
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the obama administration announced changes to business relations between the united states and cuba on tuesday. it means that mlb clubs will now be able to sign cuban baseballers and pay them sames. >> defection of cuban baseballers had been common since the u.s. introduced a policy offering residency after a year to anyone fleeing the country. most were driven by financial reasons. cuban players earned $40 to $200 a month compared to what they could earn in baseball. defecting meant permanently leaving their homeland and being publicly scorned. even though releases between the countries have delivered change and next week, the. ray it is will be the first to play a game on the island. >> an nfl star has been allowed timeoff from his day job in order to compete at this year's olympics. he is a superbowl winner with the new england patriots but also a former rugby sevens player. he hopes to claim a spot on the u.s. team. the 27-year-old will rejoin the patriots after august rio games. >> tennis world number one djokovic through total fourth round of the masters in california. he was tes
the obama administration announced changes to business relations between the united states and cuba on tuesday. it means that mlb clubs will now be able to sign cuban baseballers and pay them sames. >> defection of cuban baseballers had been common since the u.s. introduced a policy offering residency after a year to anyone fleeing the country. most were driven by financial reasons. cuban players earned $40 to $200 a month compared to what they could earn in baseball. defecting meant...
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that's the administration of president barack obama. today, we were talking to a voter outside of a polling place in west palm beach, and he specifically mentioned the fact that he's upset about the fact that they voted for tea party candidates, and those tea party candidates were not able to overturn the affordable care act. and donald trump is promising to do everything that the tea party candidates didn't do. so i guess you might say that it's a reaction to people who never liked president obama. and they ever found someone in donald trump. >> that's certainly part of it. if you, and robert ray is in houston, and he is at a campaign rally for senator ted cruz. >> this is where ted cruz resides with his wife and children. and though the primary is not happening here, we're in another big room, similar to what trump is hosting tonight. by my count, there are four open bars, and carving station innings the loom, and people are filing in to show their support to senator ted cruz, who is polling closely and competitively in illinois and m
that's the administration of president barack obama. today, we were talking to a voter outside of a polling place in west palm beach, and he specifically mentioned the fact that he's upset about the fact that they voted for tea party candidates, and those tea party candidates were not able to overturn the affordable care act. and donald trump is promising to do everything that the tea party candidates didn't do. so i guess you might say that it's a reaction to people who never liked president...
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the obama administration denies its given up. >> this notion that, you know, that it's morabund, we have given it up, you know, it's something that needs to be kick started would be, you know, conveys this idea that, you know, that we just have thrown up our hands or that we did at some point. and, that's just not the way the secretary looks at this. >> reporter: in the face, of more immediate crisis, it's ill, syria, north koreaeena, some say president barack obama has given up on the mid east peace process. there haven't been face to face talks in several years. then secretary of state hillary clinton launched the administration's first effort in the 2010. john kerry tried again in 2013. both attempts fell apart and a new effort has not been made. obama's former mid east advisor, dennis ross recently wrote that the lack of u.s. focus is putting the vision of a two-state solution at risk, especially in light of the israeli government's continued building of settlement in the occupied west bank and attacks onnitsisis and palestinians. ross's solution: try one more time to reach a deal, b
the obama administration denies its given up. >> this notion that, you know, that it's morabund, we have given it up, you know, it's something that needs to be kick started would be, you know, conveys this idea that, you know, that we just have thrown up our hands or that we did at some point. and, that's just not the way the secretary looks at this. >> reporter: in the face, of more immediate crisis, it's ill, syria, north koreaeena, some say president barack obama has given up on...
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obama also had tough words for saudis who have been very worried about a possible u.s. rapprochement with iran. administration dispatched secretary of state john kerry to the region over the weekend. >> there are tangible practical hold in your hand ways that foreign leaders around the world can easily ascertain what has in mind. >> major foreign policy objective, israeli-palestinian peace. >> this debate whether something could happen before the november elections or whether there's a sweet spot after the november elections. but i think there are things a president can do in his final period as presidency to i've used the word recess recollect thresurrect thecredibility of te solution. >> whether obama was just settling scores in his final months in office, his u.s. allies will have taken notice. rosiland jordan, al jazeera, the state department. >>> a russian official found dead in a d.c. hotel room. sounds like political intrigue out of the cold war. but russia's prime minister was found dead in washington and an autopsy finds he died of blunt force to the head. john
obama also had tough words for saudis who have been very worried about a possible u.s. rapprochement with iran. administration dispatched secretary of state john kerry to the region over the weekend. >> there are tangible practical hold in your hand ways that foreign leaders around the world can easily ascertain what has in mind. >> major foreign policy objective, israeli-palestinian peace. >> this debate whether something could happen before the november elections or whether...
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on hillary clinton's watch the state department, when she was guiding it, and part of the obama administration, that state department watched as america's interests were diminished at every corner of the world. she compromised our national secrets. she jettisoned her most profound beliefs to gain presidential power. the clintons have lived at the intersection of money and politics, trading their political influence to enrich their personal finances. they embody the term crony capitalism. it disgusts the american people and causes them to lose faith in our political process. a person so dishonest as hillary clinton must not become president. [ cheers and applause ] >> of course a trump nomination enables her victory, and the audio and video of the infamous trump exchange on the ku klux klan will play a hundred thousand times on cable and who knows how many million times on social media. there are a number of people who claim that mr. trump is a con man, a fake. thank you. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> let me say that again, there's plenty of evidence that mr. trump is a con man, a fak
on hillary clinton's watch the state department, when she was guiding it, and part of the obama administration, that state department watched as america's interests were diminished at every corner of the world. she compromised our national secrets. she jettisoned her most profound beliefs to gain presidential power. the clintons have lived at the intersection of money and politics, trading their political influence to enrich their personal finances. they embody the term crony capitalism. it...
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while some republican senators have said that the obama administration has had a long time to deal with the threat of isis, and yet still does not have a timetable and has to do something about it. people are waiting hear what the president himself would have to say. he is in cuba at the moment. he was due to speak to a group of cuban residents but before he got into his speech there, he addressed the question of what was happening in brussells attacks sells and the impact it had on the belgium people. >> this is yet another reare mind tear the world must unite. we must be together are e. >> we can and we will defeat those that threat. safety and security of people all around the world. >> in reality, allen, i know obama has been on the phone to the belgium prime minister saying all good stuff that he was mentioned this. but in reality, what can the u.s. actually do? is it a matter of sharing intelligence. >> with they perhaps gaps in their knowledge or expertise here, and if the americans can fill any of those gaps if the fbi can be employed. if there is anyway that the surveillance sy
while some republican senators have said that the obama administration has had a long time to deal with the threat of isis, and yet still does not have a timetable and has to do something about it. people are waiting hear what the president himself would have to say. he is in cuba at the moment. he was due to speak to a group of cuban residents but before he got into his speech there, he addressed the question of what was happening in brussells attacks sells and the impact it had on the belgium...
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the administration says it's unfortunate. it says what russia has done is isolate the themselves but they admit they would like to speak to russia about reducing both country's nuclear weapons programs. they say that that has not happened since president paout i can came back in to office. one thing the russians might be slightly concerned b the president, president obama often talks about reducing the number of nuclear weapons that are in each other's stockpiles, he's also has this major program, one of the biggest defense programs ever in the history of the country possibly as much as a trillion that's with a "t" dollars to modernize the country's nuclear weapons systems. now, the president point out that isn't upgrading or changing or modernizing, creating any new nuclear warheads but they are spending bill wraps and bill wraps possibly as much as a trillion dollars working on the infrastructure upgrading how they are delivered. so at the same time that he is saying he wants to reduce nuclear weapons, he is going to have e
the administration says it's unfortunate. it says what russia has done is isolate the themselves but they admit they would like to speak to russia about reducing both country's nuclear weapons programs. they say that that has not happened since president paout i can came back in to office. one thing the russians might be slightly concerned b the president, president obama often talks about reducing the number of nuclear weapons that are in each other's stockpiles, he's also has this major...
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look at what it was in the first year of the obama administration, minus 2.8%. those were the dark days of the great recession, so really the only way was up. has that been enough growth because there is one other bit of data that suggests it hasn't been. that's interests rates which were just.25 in 2009. they're just point 5% right now and that up ward tick we see happened only a month ago suggesting there wasn't confidence in the economy to push them up any earlier. what do we draw from this? the next president needs to keep creating jobs. donald trump says he will be the greatest jobs president god has ever created. there is a huge inequality issue to tackle too. bernie sanders said the top of one tenth of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%. in the end whoever wins the white house in november will need to have a big economic focus. for the country's sake, obviously, but also if they want any sort of shot at re-election in 2020 >>> clearly the election of a u.s. president matters, of course, to the entire world. it has huge ramifications for inter
look at what it was in the first year of the obama administration, minus 2.8%. those were the dark days of the great recession, so really the only way was up. has that been enough growth because there is one other bit of data that suggests it hasn't been. that's interests rates which were just.25 in 2009. they're just point 5% right now and that up ward tick we see happened only a month ago suggesting there wasn't confidence in the economy to push them up any earlier. what do we draw from this?...
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the administration saying it's not a snub, but just about logistics. there will be more than 50 world leaders attending that summit. the white house expressing concerns with turkey's crackdown on free expression in the media >>> president obama will sit down with president xi jinping in a summit this week. there are lots of issues on their agenda. including north korea. >> reporter: the largest nuclear safety center in asia-pacific recently opened in beijing. it's funded by china and the u.s. a sign of the two countries increasingly close cooperation on nuclear issues. it is a relationship spurred in part by north korea's nuclear ambitions. the government is believed to have conducted four nuclear tests in the last 10 years. the latest in january and has said it is planning more. how to curb north korea is something that obama and his chinese counterpart president xi jinping will have to address. >> what china is unwilling to do is to be so tough on north korea that either the country or the regime become unstable which means millions of refugees flood
the administration saying it's not a snub, but just about logistics. there will be more than 50 world leaders attending that summit. the white house expressing concerns with turkey's crackdown on free expression in the media >>> president obama will sit down with president xi jinping in a summit this week. there are lots of issues on their agenda. including north korea. >> reporter: the largest nuclear safety center in asia-pacific recently opened in beijing. it's funded by china...
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, it is also the obama white house that is preparing for another administration. it isn't at this point seriously considering how do we get to this conflict, all it really cares about i think is establishing some conditions that will be able to hand off the syrian conflict in the least bad shape possible. what that means to the swhows there's a political -- white house is there's a political process in place, that levels of violence are down and there's some sense of the humanitarian aspect of the crisis being addressed so we don't have headlines of people starving to death and we don't have tens of thousands of syrians fleeing to greece. beyond that i don't think this white house has a compelling plan how to bring this conflict to a close. so there's critical questions we are confronting about the longer term, how we get out of this, how we assist syrians getting out of this conflict that i think the white house has decided are beyond its mandate at there point. and that's going to be i think a very, very significant challenge for the incoming president to deal w
, it is also the obama white house that is preparing for another administration. it isn't at this point seriously considering how do we get to this conflict, all it really cares about i think is establishing some conditions that will be able to hand off the syrian conflict in the least bad shape possible. what that means to the swhows there's a political -- white house is there's a political process in place, that levels of violence are down and there's some sense of the humanitarian aspect of...
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. >> now the obama administration is facing criticism about whether it has abandoned efforts to broker a peace deal. it did not cot out of the meeting in late november, a presumption of the peace process. >> the obama administration denies it's given up. and this motion that it's more about giving it up, and something that needs to be quick started would be conveys this idea that we just have thrown up our hands or that we did at some point. and that's just not the way we look at this isil, syria, north korea, some experts say that the president has given up on the mideast peace process. there haven't been face to face talks in several years. and then secretary of state hillary clinton launched the administrations first effort in 2010. john kerry tried again in 2013, both attempts fell apart, and a new effort has not been made. the former mideast advisor recently wrote that the lack of u.s. focus is putting the vision of a two state solution at risk. especially in the occupied west bank, and a tack on the palestinians. ross' solution, try one more time to reach a deal, but don't put so
. >> now the obama administration is facing criticism about whether it has abandoned efforts to broker a peace deal. it did not cot out of the meeting in late november, a presumption of the peace process. >> the obama administration denies it's given up. and this motion that it's more about giving it up, and something that needs to be quick started would be conveys this idea that we just have thrown up our hands or that we did at some point. and that's just not the way we look at...
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they won't just be about syria, but i think for the obama administration syria is the central thing. they know that to fight i.s.i.l. and brussels shows the problems of i.s.i.l. and how far the problems of syria have spread, you can't really do it until you have the end of the rest of the war in syria and then you can go into those areas, particularly, raqqa, where i.s.i.l. has its that headquarters. so i think syria is at the center of all this, but russia will be bringing up a lot of other issues >>> thanks. plenty more ground to cover for you here on the news hour. including the people of sudan. >> reporter: i'm adrian brown on a disputed island in the south china sea where this time it's taiwan making waes in these trouble waters-- waves in these troubled waters. >> i feel sorry if in any way i hurt my female cleepg ten players. >> reporter: coming up in the sports new, novak djokovic is forced to back pedal after a tennis sexism row >>> a cessation in hostilities in yemen. there have been several failed attempts to end the conflict that has triggered a big humanitarian crisis in
they won't just be about syria, but i think for the obama administration syria is the central thing. they know that to fight i.s.i.l. and brussels shows the problems of i.s.i.l. and how far the problems of syria have spread, you can't really do it until you have the end of the rest of the war in syria and then you can go into those areas, particularly, raqqa, where i.s.i.l. has its that headquarters. so i think syria is at the center of all this, but russia will be bringing up a lot of other...
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hillary clinton who is a total disaster by the way, she and president obama have treated israel very, very badly >>> the leader saying the group respects the office of the presidency and apologised on behalf of the people in the audience who applauded >>> the former mayor of toronto has died. he made international headlines for what he said and did while in office. >> reporter: do you want me to have a public meeting some >> reporter: he gained prominence in 120 as a plain talking no nonsense politician >> it's tax, tax >> translation: tax >> reporter: he ran for mayor of toronto and won resoundingly. not long after he became known around the world for his scandals while in office >> it was extremely moving. >> reporter: many voters didn't seem to mind his past drunk driving conviction or he once referred to asians as orientals. with each blunder his popularity seemed to only increase. the spotlight took its toll and his honour on his substance abuse. in 2013 video emerged of him smoking crack cocaine from a glass pipe. he initially denied the allegation >> i do not use crack cocaine
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we recognize the position of president obama and his government, his administration, against the blockade and his reiterated appeals to congress to do away with it. the latest measures adopted by your government are positive. but not sufficient. i exchange views with the president on other measures that we believe could be adopted, is to do away with restrictions that are still in place and to make an important contribution to dismantling the blockade. this is essential because the blockade continues in place and it has deterrent components, and intimidating effects that have an extra tear o territorial impo show him the negative consequences for cuba and for other states. the blockade is the biggest obstacle to our economic development and to the well-being of the cuban people. for this reason, doing away with it will be essential for normalizing bilateral negotiations. it will also be beneficial for cuban migrants who wish the best for their family's family members and their country. to move towards normalization, it will also are necessary to have territory that has been illegally occu
we recognize the position of president obama and his government, his administration, against the blockade and his reiterated appeals to congress to do away with it. the latest measures adopted by your government are positive. but not sufficient. i exchange views with the president on other measures that we believe could be adopted, is to do away with restrictions that are still in place and to make an important contribution to dismantling the blockade. this is essential because the blockade...
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meanwhile, president obama fired back at republicans who argue his administration fueled trump's rise. >> i have been blamed by republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they're selecting for their party is novel. >> the president insisted that trump is the product of the republican base, and conservative media outlets, who insisted that any compromise with the democratic administration is a betrayal. >> what i'm not going to do is to validate some notion that the republican crackup that has been taking place is a consequence of actions that i've taken. >> david schuster, aljazeera. >> the republican candidates are getting ready to rumble in what is sure to be another raucous debate that follows the democratic debate last night. and the gop candidate still had his moments, so michael, david there was just telling us about what's happening at the donald trump rallies, and how important is that? >> well, yeah, it's pretty important to talk about that. all three evening newscasts on the networks, all leading with that story, and it's a big part of the
meanwhile, president obama fired back at republicans who argue his administration fueled trump's rise. >> i have been blamed by republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they're selecting for their party is novel. >> the president insisted that trump is the product of the republican base, and conservative media outlets, who insisted that any compromise with the democratic administration is a betrayal. >> what i'm not going to do is to...
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. >> reporter: the american civil liberties union has issued a lawsuit against the obama administration, saying that they should not only release the numbers of those killed, but intern memos that supply the legal basis for drone strikes. >> i think that it matters, because what we're talking about here are people outside of recognized battle fields, western the united states is not at war in the same way that we have been at war in iraq and afghanistan. these are places where the united states has not engaged at that level. >> reporter: afterward and weinstein were mistakenly killed in a u.s. drone strike in an al qaeda camp last april, president obama promised to be more fort coming about drone strikes, and the protocols that approved them. >> mistakes, sometimes deadly mistakes can occur. but one of the things that sets america apart from many other nations, one of the things that makes us exceptional, is our willingness to confront scare and learn if our mistakes. >> reporter: but now, almost a year later, the aclu has more questions than answers, and said that the reality that the
. >> reporter: the american civil liberties union has issued a lawsuit against the obama administration, saying that they should not only release the numbers of those killed, but intern memos that supply the legal basis for drone strikes. >> i think that it matters, because what we're talking about here are people outside of recognized battle fields, western the united states is not at war in the same way that we have been at war in iraq and afghanistan. these are places where the...
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. >> reporter: the obama administration is pressuring saudi arabia and its gulf allies not to take further steps to punish lebanon economically and farmers say all they can do is to continue to care for their craps, al jazeera, at the becca valley eastern lebanon. >>> police and demonstrators in istanbul on a key anniversary for the city and threw fireworks and tear gas and to years since a teen died from injuries sustained in a protest in 2013 that sparked worldwide demonstrations. an earthquake and tsunami killed 18,000 in japan and a minute of silence was held on friday at the moept the quake hit and harry faucet reports on one of the worst hit areas. >> reporter: this is the closest thing to high ground a mound built 96 years ago so people of the town could look out to sea and five years on from the tsunami it's a place of remembrance and it's footage broadcast live they showed the scale of the disaster unfolding in japan. 950 people died here, nearly 18 1/2 thousand across the country. all that is left of those densely packed houses of these few remaining foundation walls, the waves s
. >> reporter: the obama administration is pressuring saudi arabia and its gulf allies not to take further steps to punish lebanon economically and farmers say all they can do is to continue to care for their craps, al jazeera, at the becca valley eastern lebanon. >>> police and demonstrators in istanbul on a key anniversary for the city and threw fireworks and tear gas and to years since a teen died from injuries sustained in a protest in 2013 that sparked worldwide...
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. >> reporter: this visit comes in the waning months, just ten months left to the end of the obama administration, and no one knows who his successful might be. and that question came up, sort of anticipated by trudeau, saying that relations would continue to be maintained with the -- with washington no matter who the next president is, but in a followup, in a news conference when the question of republican presidential candidate donald trump came up, a man who has been outspoken about his relationship at least with mexico, his hostile relationship with mexico, trudeau maintained a diplomatic dodge, let us say, while obama used the occasion to rail about -- what he called the circus that people are observing in the american presidential campaign. >> a man has been charged for punching a protester at a donald trump election rally. the protester was hit in the face as he was escorted from the rally in north carolina. he was then forcibly restrained and arrested by police. but authorities have since charged a 78-year-old man with assault and battery. >>> the united states ambassador to the u.n. has
. >> reporter: this visit comes in the waning months, just ten months left to the end of the obama administration, and no one knows who his successful might be. and that question came up, sort of anticipated by trudeau, saying that relations would continue to be maintained with the -- with washington no matter who the next president is, but in a followup, in a news conference when the question of republican presidential candidate donald trump came up, a man who has been outspoken about...
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as many have said in the administration, be mauricio macri and president obama be discussed commerce, drug trafficking and terrorism. and both presidents condemned the attacks in brussels. barack obama said that the united states is going to fight the islamic state wherever it is. >> teresa vo in argentina. >>> back in this country, a final report found the state of michigan fundamentally accountable for the flint water crisis. the task force was appointed by governor rick snyder and found delays extending from the governor's office to the federal epa. causing lady to leech from the old pipes into the water supply there. >>> steps to stem the growing heroin crisis. in lexingtonton kentucky, in ithaca new york, they're going even further. the mayor there has a radical plan for state sponsored heroin centers. be randall pinkston has that story. >> reporter: you want to sponsor a public facility. >> right. >> to supervise addicts injecting illegal substance into their bodies. >> it sounds backwards, for sure and it sounds like you are encouraging drug use. >> reporter: savonte myrick is
as many have said in the administration, be mauricio macri and president obama be discussed commerce, drug trafficking and terrorism. and both presidents condemned the attacks in brussels. barack obama said that the united states is going to fight the islamic state wherever it is. >> teresa vo in argentina. >>> back in this country, a final report found the state of michigan fundamentally accountable for the flint water crisis. the task force was appointed by governor rick snyder...
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the obama administration released a video introduction to garland signalling at the present times to have a public fight over the pick. >> i think that's what judges are supposed to do, make sure that they're faithful to the constitution and law and the people's trust that they come before a judge they'll get an honest hearing. >> reporter: this could be the only time the public hears from judge garland. when justice antonin scalia died in february, senate republicans said they wouldn't approve anyone nominated to replace him because obama is in his last months in office. their leader re-affirmed the rep republicans' plan to do nothing. >> it's the president's constitutional right to nominate a justice and it's the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. >> reporter: the president praised garland's real world experience. he oversaw the prosecution of the oklahoma city bomber, timothy mcveigh. obama called on senate republicans to do what he said was the right thing. >> it will not only be an ab domestic of the senate's constitutional d
the obama administration released a video introduction to garland signalling at the present times to have a public fight over the pick. >> i think that's what judges are supposed to do, make sure that they're faithful to the constitution and law and the people's trust that they come before a judge they'll get an honest hearing. >> reporter: this could be the only time the public hears from judge garland. when justice antonin scalia died in february, senate republicans said they...
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i think we need to see leadership at a global level could obama's administration set a different course? i think left to the deeply ply kateed situation, they'll continue to look at it from the global perspective. the solutions are possible. visas can be issued, and safe journeys could be provided for immigrants, but they need to take action. >> reportedly to eat grass in an opportunity to stave off starvation. the "u.n. world food program" is trying to accepted food supplies to those areas cut o off by isil. these are some of the latest pictures arriving. it was one of four areas cut off from eight last week because of fighting. there were 18 besieged areas cut off from food and medical supplies. meanwhile, the syrian opposition has accused the government delegation in geneva of slowing down the process of indirect talks and aimed at ending the country's civil war. it has put toward the proposal at once, but now our democratic editor syria's opposition block is not convinced. >> at the end of the fires peek 6 these talks. the succeed of the key issues of political transition. but when
i think we need to see leadership at a global level could obama's administration set a different course? i think left to the deeply ply kateed situation, they'll continue to look at it from the global perspective. the solutions are possible. visas can be issued, and safe journeys could be provided for immigrants, but they need to take action. >> reportedly to eat grass in an opportunity to stave off starvation. the "u.n. world food program" is trying to accepted food supplies to...
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this is what we have heard from president obama and the obama administration time and again. i do think that the focus of his visit will be on advancing the relationship, for the purposes of bettering lives for people of cuba. and so that's going to include visits from dissidents in civil society while at the same time, looking for ways to strengthen the cuban economy and work on issues of mutual concern. >> can his simple presence, do you think that can undermine the cuban government's position of u.s. being the terrible enemy and blaming their problems on the united states? >> i think president obama's visit along with his changed policy towards cuba and latin america as a region has been one much more of strategic partnership and engagement rather than clinging to the castro leftist antileftist rhetoric and now we have the president of that supposed source of evil coming down and saying i'm looking to you as partners and i'm looking for engagement. so i absolutely think that rules out the cast troas tired lin ca. when president obama is there to advance a bilateral relatio
this is what we have heard from president obama and the obama administration time and again. i do think that the focus of his visit will be on advancing the relationship, for the purposes of bettering lives for people of cuba. and so that's going to include visits from dissidents in civil society while at the same time, looking for ways to strengthen the cuban economy and work on issues of mutual concern. >> can his simple presence, do you think that can undermine the cuban government's...
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government at least in the obama administration has been pretty reluctant to use force in somalia. it has, but only for very surgical strikes on top leaders of al-shabab, do date they have not gone after rank and file new recruits in training camps like this, so this is a big change. apparently. in tack takes on the part of the united states, it seems to signal that they -- the government sees a need to support the african union peacekeeping forces in the air and frankly, given the fact that shabob is operating in rural areas trying to hit african union forward bases, they are quite vulnerable. we can see them from satellites and so this is a tactic that could certainly set shabob back. there is dan danger, though, ofw back as we know from other places when you kill large numbers of people most of whom are probably just kids with no ideological commit to him al-shabab, just there for the salary, you make all of their klansmen, their extended families very unhappy. so time will tell if this will have positive or negative impact. >> do you have any idea, mike, who is providing al-sha
government at least in the obama administration has been pretty reluctant to use force in somalia. it has, but only for very surgical strikes on top leaders of al-shabab, do date they have not gone after rank and file new recruits in training camps like this, so this is a big change. apparently. in tack takes on the part of the united states, it seems to signal that they -- the government sees a need to support the african union peacekeeping forces in the air and frankly, given the fact that...
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president obama will make a historic trip to cuba. his government is lifting restrictions on trade and travel to the island after half a century of hostilities and embargos. >> reporter: for the first time in 50 years americans can sends letters to cuba, a mail service has been reintroduced. one of the latest steps to improve ties. after the restoration of full diplomatic relations last year. the u.s. is also allowing americans to travel to the island on what are being called people to people exchanges, side stepping the continuing legal bars to tourism. americans will now be free to spend u.s. dollars in cuba. airlines are already set to expand direct commercial flight schedules between the companies. this is ahead of obama's visit to the island. >> we are hopeful that these changes will bring about some of the progress and reform that americans have long sought in cuba. >> reporter: the measures will also permit nationals to hold u.s. bank accounts and earn wages while living in the u.s. and they will be authorized to accept educati
president obama will make a historic trip to cuba. his government is lifting restrictions on trade and travel to the island after half a century of hostilities and embargos. >> reporter: for the first time in 50 years americans can sends letters to cuba, a mail service has been reintroduced. one of the latest steps to improve ties. after the restoration of full diplomatic relations last year. the u.s. is also allowing americans to travel to the island on what are being called people to...
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. >> the obama administration demanding the immediate release of an american student held in north korea, the white house saying he is being used as a pawn to pursue a political agenda. the university of virginia student has been sentenced to 15 years hard labor for stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel just as a souvenir. wednesday, new changess sanctions were approved against pyongyang in response to their nuclear test and rocket launch earlier this year. >>> the d.c. metro system back up and running this morning. it was shut wednesday for emergency inspections. 26 defects were found, all now being addressed. the shutdown forced 700,000 commuters to find another way to get around. >> a tornado is blamed for damage in central illinois. these images are from peoria county where storms broke windows, brought down tree limbs and even sent a trampoline flying. no one was hurt. >>> elsewhere in the midwest, the issue is snow. minnesota got a foot in higher elevations, other places just got a lot of rain. strong winds made it very tough to get around. >> residents not out of the woods yet
. >> the obama administration demanding the immediate release of an american student held in north korea, the white house saying he is being used as a pawn to pursue a political agenda. the university of virginia student has been sentenced to 15 years hard labor for stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel just as a souvenir. wednesday, new changess sanctions were approved against pyongyang in response to their nuclear test and rocket launch earlier this year. >>> the d.c. metro...
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president obama apologized and ordered an investigation. north korea has ignored the latest according to the u.s. and south korea whose radar is said to have picked up the launch. the latest development in a highly tense situation after the north threatened preemptive nuclear strikes against seoul and washington. robert bride reports now from hong kong. according to or kia condemned it as another act. >> north korea should focus on improving the north korea's quality of life. these provocative actions aren't good for at a time development of theress between us. >> a similar launch last week, themisses were fired into the sea between north korea and japan. unlike last week, they are thought to the have been medium range missiles with at least one reaching 800 kilometers. >> brought a strong response from japan because parts of its territory could be reached by a medium range rocket. >> we have strong lly protested to north korea. the government will work in close cooperation with the international community and respond firmly this tests the
president obama apologized and ordered an investigation. north korea has ignored the latest according to the u.s. and south korea whose radar is said to have picked up the launch. the latest development in a highly tense situation after the north threatened preemptive nuclear strikes against seoul and washington. robert bride reports now from hong kong. according to or kia condemned it as another act. >> north korea should focus on improving the north korea's quality of life. these...
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administrations in order to continue with this kind of support by cuban in his last year, in order to see if it is possible to pave the road to leave the embargo finally by the u.s. congress. it is very difficult because it depends on the u.s. president. the second is it seem that it is intere interesting and important that he says what it means that the policy changes he has made in the last year in order to understand by the cuban side what it means really this kind of legal and normal, change. >> reporter: he has circumvented the u.s. economic embargo which only the u.s. congress can list. is there anything he can-- lift. is there anything he can do while he is here? >> i don't know. the main thing obama capitalise certain course of bureaucracy to see if some agreement could be signed here during this visit to cuba by important u.s. corporations. some analysts are saying that's the most important thing of this change. that is very difficult. >> reporter: clearly that is one of the most important acts of this visit, that president obama has said he wants this, this reconciliation wi
administrations in order to continue with this kind of support by cuban in his last year, in order to see if it is possible to pave the road to leave the embargo finally by the u.s. congress. it is very difficult because it depends on the u.s. president. the second is it seem that it is intere interesting and important that he says what it means that the policy changes he has made in the last year in order to understand by the cuban side what it means really this kind of legal and normal,...
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the obama administration argument is this, i have a duty to nominate. the senate has a duty to give advice and consent. but the president is also threatening a big political fight. he did say, however, that this is not just a compromise candidate, but someone who actually understands the concerns of ordinary americans. he is not just what they call a white shoe lawyer, someone who has always lived life at the very top. this is what president obama had to say about chief judge merrick garland. >> he walked away from a comfortable and lucrative law practice to return to public service. merrick accepted a low-level job as a federal prosecutor in president george h.w. bush's administration. took a 50% pay cut. this was a time when crime here in washington had reached epidemic proportions, and he wanted to help, and he quickly made a name for himself going after corrupt politicians and violent criminals. >> how much of this will play into the wider electoral race that we're seeing this year. >> reporter: well, even before the president announced this nominat
the obama administration argument is this, i have a duty to nominate. the senate has a duty to give advice and consent. but the president is also threatening a big political fight. he did say, however, that this is not just a compromise candidate, but someone who actually understands the concerns of ordinary americans. he is not just what they call a white shoe lawyer, someone who has always lived life at the very top. this is what president obama had to say about chief judge merrick garland....
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. >>> the obama administration is reportedly press insuring saudi arabia and its allies not to punish lebanon economically. >>> news out of yemen where fighting is getting worse in ta'izz. pro-government forces are trying to take back the city. it has been under siege from houthi rebels for more than ten months. >> reporter: forces loyal to the yemeni president say they are making significant advances in ta'izz. fierce fighting on the west of the city, they say has pushed back houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president saleh from strategically important areas. >> translator: we seized control of the mosque, and we are close to taking the neighborhood. we will be able to break the siege. victory is looming large. >> translator: we, got willing will advance to enter this neighborhood soon, and then link up with the other units to defeat the enemy. >> reporter: ta'izz was the birthplace of the uprising which ousted sana'a in 2011. both sides have been fighting hard to control it. it's been under siege by houthi rebels for more than 10 months. civilians don't have enough food, wat
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administration. >> mike viqueira live in havana. thank you so much >>> president obama stds arrival in cuba signifies an historic moment in the history of the two countries, patty culhane looks at some memorable exchanges between the united states and cuba. >> reporter: for more than 50 years this is the image many americans had of cuba, fidel castro, the face, passionate voice of a revolution. he led the overthrow of a brutal dictator backed by the u.s. relations between the two had a fresh face. >> changes in our own lives and the lives of the united nations, and change is harder when we carry history. >> it was marked by suspicion and animosity, taking the world to brink of the nuclear war. >> direct center goes back to the 19th century. cubans ruled their land, but the leaders governed with the backing of the u.s. there was economic growth, poverty and resentment. in 1959 fidel castro and his followers fought their way into the capital. under him. cuba became a one-party state. he travelled to the united states, only to be publi
administration. >> mike viqueira live in havana. thank you so much >>> president obama stds arrival in cuba signifies an historic moment in the history of the two countries, patty culhane looks at some memorable exchanges between the united states and cuba. >> reporter: for more than 50 years this is the image many americans had of cuba, fidel castro, the face, passionate voice of a revolution. he led the overthrow of a brutal dictator backed by the u.s. relations between...
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. >> reporter: last year aipac confronted the obama administration by lobbying congress to reject the deal that froze iran's nuclear program. but that campaign failed and it undermined aipac's traditional policy against taking sides with democrats or republicans. these delegates, are warned remaining sanction he are losing their power to curb iran's regional ambitions. >> even today, people will erode the effectiveness of the margin. >> it is very important from especially where we stand in this conference to really get the right answers and how afraid we really should be. and how deep the problem is. >> reporter: most americans agree with two in every three opposed to the nuclear deal, according to a recent gallup poll. aipac may not reflect the full range of opinion among american jews who constitute less than 3% of the american population, but democrats and republicans will be here to court their votes. tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >>> up next, the paris attacker's plans to be be conduct more attacks. >>> and the pope's message for europe. >> there's new evidence the main
. >> reporter: last year aipac confronted the obama administration by lobbying congress to reject the deal that froze iran's nuclear program. but that campaign failed and it undermined aipac's traditional policy against taking sides with democrats or republicans. these delegates, are warned remaining sanction he are losing their power to curb iran's regional ambitions. >> even today, people will erode the effectiveness of the margin. >> it is very important from especially...
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. >> apec in front of the obama administration, rejecting the deal that froze the nuclear programme. the campaign failed and undermined the policy against taking sides. still the group promises to keep up the pressure on iran. the delegates warned that remaining sanctions are losing their four to curb sanctions. >> the assessment serves the activist. >> it's important from where we stand to get the right answers, and how afraid we really should be, and how deep the problem is. >> most americans gree with two in every three opposed to the american deal. >> apac may not be the full thoughts of all muslims, but others will be here to court their votes. >>> we have new information about the suspect arrested yesterday for the attacks in paris. next, his alleged plans to carry out more attacks in brussels. and later - a chance to sleep inside a painting. sort of. >>> iran's supreme leader says president barack obama is not holding un his end of the deem. during a speak marking the new year, ayatollah khamenei accused the u.s. of trying to undermine the benefits of the agreement that it was
. >> apec in front of the obama administration, rejecting the deal that froze the nuclear programme. the campaign failed and undermined the policy against taking sides. still the group promises to keep up the pressure on iran. the delegates warned that remaining sanctions are losing their four to curb sanctions. >> the assessment serves the activist. >> it's important from where we stand to get the right answers, and how afraid we really should be, and how deep the problem is....
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. >> reporter: obama administration is facing criticism over whether it's abandon its efforts to broker a peace deal between israelis and the palestinians. and roslyn jordan looks at u.s. efforts to restart the process. >> reporter: this was the last time john kerry saw the israeli prime minister and the last time he met the palestinian authority president. what did not come out of the secretary of state's meetings in late november a resumption of the peace process and obama administration denies it's given up. >> this notion that you know that it's more that we have given it up and that it's something that needs to be kick started would be you know conveys this idea that, you know, that we just have thrown up our hands or we did at some point and that is not the way the secretary looks at this. >> reporter: in the face of more immediate crisis with i.s.i.l., korea, north korea some say president barack obama has given up on the mid east peace process. there have not been face-to-face talks between top negotiators in several years. then secretary of state hillary clinton launched the ad
. >> reporter: obama administration is facing criticism over whether it's abandon its efforts to broker a peace deal between israelis and the palestinians. and roslyn jordan looks at u.s. efforts to restart the process. >> reporter: this was the last time john kerry saw the israeli prime minister and the last time he met the palestinian authority president. what did not come out of the secretary of state's meetings in late november a resumption of the peace process and obama...
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administration was more interested in undercutting him. >> we've actually seen a lot of cooperation between the russia and the u.s. on non-proliferation issues in north korea and in iran r.b.i. has been central to the deal there. they have this broader skepticism of u.s. led initiatives and u.s. led national institutions that might lead them to take a step back. >> also at issue, the u.s. sanctions in response to russia's annexation of crimea. some observers say moscow is making a short sight the calculation to skip the summit. >> if an act of terrorism were to take place, the entire international community would be fadged by the environmental fallout, by the financial consequences and certainly by the cat catastrophic loss of li. >> the russians say the summit has come to the end of its usefulness. al jazeera, washington. >>> amnesty international says migrant workers are qatar are facing systematic abuse based on interviews with over 100 workers building a stadium for the world cup. every worker reported abuse, including poor wages and conditions and even forced labor. it blames f
administration was more interested in undercutting him. >> we've actually seen a lot of cooperation between the russia and the u.s. on non-proliferation issues in north korea and in iran r.b.i. has been central to the deal there. they have this broader skepticism of u.s. led initiatives and u.s. led national institutions that might lead them to take a step back. >> also at issue, the u.s. sanctions in response to russia's annexation of crimea. some observers say moscow is making a...
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deplored it with slashing rhetoric that suggested the obama administration had been duped, was enabling terrorism, funding a renegade government, and endangering israel. 47 republican senate remembers sent a letter to iran's leader promising no support. the deal went on to become a talk point in stump speeches and candidate's debates in the republican presidential primary with a unanimous conclusion. >> i have been doing deals for a long time. i have been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals. that's what i do. never ever ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i mean never. >> this iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic. it is the single greatest national security threat facing america. >> now that the deal is about eight months old and some steps needed to be taken by all parties, and a final meeting in vienna, how is it going? are the iranians doing what they promised to do? have the other signatories met their guarantees? as the agreement proceeds does it push off the date which iran could comp
deplored it with slashing rhetoric that suggested the obama administration had been duped, was enabling terrorism, funding a renegade government, and endangering israel. 47 republican senate remembers sent a letter to iran's leader promising no support. the deal went on to become a talk point in stump speeches and candidate's debates in the republican presidential primary with a unanimous conclusion. >> i have been doing deals for a long time. i have been making lots of wonderful deals,...
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policy in dealing with isil failed, and the administration has no clear timetable of how to combat the threat. they want more done, and more done soon >>> alan fisher live from washington d.c. more reaction coming in, the u.n. special envoy for syria said the attacks in congress put a greater focus on the syrian conflict. >> we want to remember with sadness, horror and outrage what has been happening in istanbul recently and recognised by tash. and if it's the same group of terrorists in brussels. the message we are drawing out of this, we need to ex-definition the fire of war in syria, we need to find a political solution, a transition in syria to paying sure that we can all concentrate, and the syrians can altogether concentrate on what is the real danger of everyone. in europe, in the world, in syria, and elsewhere. >> important to remember also, that the attacks in brussels happened four days after a suicide bomber struck in istanbul, killing four people there. the turkish president and the prime minister condemned the attacks in belgium. we have more from the boarder with syria >>
policy in dealing with isil failed, and the administration has no clear timetable of how to combat the threat. they want more done, and more done soon >>> alan fisher live from washington d.c. more reaction coming in, the u.n. special envoy for syria said the attacks in congress put a greater focus on the syrian conflict. >> we want to remember with sadness, horror and outrage what has been happening in istanbul recently and recognised by tash. and if it's the same group of...
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. >>> we could learn more this week about one of the obama administration most secretive program the drone strikes >>> the white house is planning to release drone strikes and how many they've killed. >> reporter: as many as five thousand people accused terrorists and innocent civilians have been killed by u.s. drones or other air strikes in recent years. until now there was no way to know if that number revealed by a member of congress a few years ago was accurate. the white house is promising to provide a fuller accounting in the name of transparency >> we know that not only is greater transparency the right thing to do, it is the best way to pain obtain the legitimacy of our counter terrorism actions and the broughted support of ar allies. >> reporter: the american civil liberties union which has filed a lawsuit against the obama administration says the u.s. should not just release the raw numbers of how many were killed but also the internal memos that supply the legal basis for drone strikes >> i think it matters because what we're talking about here are people that are outside
. >>> we could learn more this week about one of the obama administration most secretive program the drone strikes >>> the white house is planning to release drone strikes and how many they've killed. >> reporter: as many as five thousand people accused terrorists and innocent civilians have been killed by u.s. drones or other air strikes in recent years. until now there was no way to know if that number revealed by a member of congress a few years ago was accurate. the...
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it could undermine some of this policy that the policy th obama administration is putting in. maybe this administration is simply trying to change it from within. >> and very interesting comment. i want to get robert valencia's opinion on that. what do you think about that? what american investment in cuba will do to the cuban economy, and to maybe the social strata there as well. >> i think everything has been explained. i think what i see is how u.s. investment in cuba will have repercussions across the region, particularly the caribbean. puerto rico is facing tough economic hardship. they are at a multi billion dollar deficit, and many are questioning whether a new economy in cuba will present a boom or economic woes for puerto ricans. whether the tourism industry will be affected by a new opening in u.s.-cuban relations. certainly there is a lot at stake. a lot of things are going to be happening over the next couple of years. whether latin america will see a new serge in cuban economy. let's not forget that before the revolution cuba was a beacon of progress. they were th
it could undermine some of this policy that the policy th obama administration is putting in. maybe this administration is simply trying to change it from within. >> and very interesting comment. i want to get robert valencia's opinion on that. what do you think about that? what american investment in cuba will do to the cuban economy, and to maybe the social strata there as well. >> i think everything has been explained. i think what i see is how u.s. investment in cuba will have...
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where obama's administration has changed relations with cuba. it means that the mlb clubs will now be able to sign cuban baseball player directly an and pay them. >>> an nfl star has been allowed time off from his day job in order to compete this year's olympics. he's a super bowl winner with the new england patriots and also former u.s. rugby sense of player. he has been permitted to take a leave of absence and hopes to claim a spot in the u.s. team. >>> that's all your sport. i'll hand you back to felicity in london. >> sana, thanks so much. we'll remind you that you can find out much more on many of the stories we're covering on our website. that's the address to click on to, that is www.aljazeera.com. www.aljazeera.com. that's it from me, figure histy bar anfelicity barr and the news hour team. david foster will be here in a moment's time.
where obama's administration has changed relations with cuba. it means that the mlb clubs will now be able to sign cuban baseball player directly an and pay them. >>> an nfl star has been allowed time off from his day job in order to compete this year's olympics. he's a super bowl winner with the new england patriots and also former u.s. rugby sense of player. he has been permitted to take a leave of absence and hopes to claim a spot in the u.s. team. >>> that's all your...
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president obama and the administration doing what they can through executive orders to mitigate those be effects. but republicans are four square against lifting the embargo, and part of the goal of the trip the president is embarking on is to put pressure on congress through the business community and elsewhere to try to reverse course, try to get them to reverse course and lift that embargo, richelle. >> let's talk about yesterday before i let you go. president castro did not greet president obama when he landed in havana. is there anything to make of that? >> fidel castro is not going to be meeting, they're emphatic about that. raul castro, younger brother of fidel taking over in 2008 didn't come out to the airport. the protocol, the way things work, this is a state visit with a lot of pomp and ceremony. for example, when heads of state come to andrews air force, the president doesn't go to greet them. the first time that that has happened under the obama administration, those of us who watch that on a regular basis, eyebrows weren't raised. but other critics have been very vocal o
president obama and the administration doing what they can through executive orders to mitigate those be effects. but republicans are four square against lifting the embargo, and part of the goal of the trip the president is embarking on is to put pressure on congress through the business community and elsewhere to try to reverse course, try to get them to reverse course and lift that embargo, richelle. >> let's talk about yesterday before i let you go. president castro did not greet...
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they have one thing in common , they are all still working but why is the obama administration still funding them? david ariosto went to havana to find out. >> reporter: it's known as domino park in little havana, people like pedro reale, an 87-year-old who comes here to socialize and play dominoes. he fled the communist island rafts. in the years since little havana has evolved from an anti-castro hotbed to an anti-castro industry. cropped up over the years with the express purpose of toppling castro's communist government. sustained by hundreds of millions of dollars in u.s. government funding. but america's historic shift in relations with the communist island is raising new questions about whether that stream of money will continue. those like mri gel who founded the anticastro group, are concerned about what that will mean for cuba and the anti-castro community. >> do you think it still makes sense to keep sending money down here to south florida to develop groups that are fighting the castro government? flog we've done has really changed much over there. >> that's right. it's w
they have one thing in common , they are all still working but why is the obama administration still funding them? david ariosto went to havana to find out. >> reporter: it's known as domino park in little havana, people like pedro reale, an 87-year-old who comes here to socialize and play dominoes. he fled the communist island rafts. in the years since little havana has evolved from an anti-castro hotbed to an anti-castro industry. cropped up over the years with the express purpose of...